Nursing-bottle holder.



G. U. MALPASS. NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER. APPLICATION rum) APR. 22, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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UNITED GEORGE U. MALPASS, OF PHILADELPHIA, BENNSYLVANlA.

NUEvSING-BOT'ILE HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE U. Mann-res, a citizenof the United States, residing at Philadel hia, county of Philadelphia, and State of ennsylvania, have invented ii new and useful Improvement in Nursing-Bottle Holders, of which the followii'ig is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for bottles, such as nursing bottles, which will normally retain the bottle in such a position that the contents cannot escape but which will allow the bottle to be normally tilted into position to permit the contents to be readily drawn therefrom and subsequently return the bottle to its normal po sition. In a device of this character, one of its essential characteristics must be that it should not require manipulation by the aid of the intelligence, but that it should, in a sense automatically, be moved into position to allow its contents to be freely drawn therefrom by the mere instinctive act of the infant in clasping the neck or mouth-piece of the bottle and drawing it toward its mouth, and that it should immediately be restored to the normal position when it is released;

and the object, therefore, of my invention is to insure this semi-automatic operation. It is obvious, too, that a device of this character, to command a sale, must be cheap to construct and of the utmost simplicity, and another object of my invention is to embody these characteristics.

, One embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings and is hereinafter described in detail, although it should be understood the precise construction and arrangement of parts thus illustrated and explained are not essential.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder with the bottle applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same showing the method of operation when in use.

a is the base plate of the holder. Projecting upwardly from the front and rear ends of the base plate are respectively the front and rear plates l) and c supporting the top holding plate cl. It is preferred to form these four parts out of a single piece of rubber, although the parts may be made separately, of rubber or other suitable material, and cemented or otherwise secured together. The

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1908.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 428,562.

1 base-plate a and the rear upright supporting plate 0 are preferably made suiliciently thicl: i so as to be rigid, while the holding plate (I and front iu'iright Sll1)}')()l'illli'l2; plate I) should be sufficiently thin to allow the holding plate to be swung down on the rear upright supporting plate and in that operation bend the front upright supporting plate out of its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2. The front upright supporting plate should be also of such elasticity that upon the release of downward pressure upon the holding plate, it will resume its extended position and elevate the supporting plate into the position shown in Fig. 1, this quality of elasticity being preferably secured, in a device made wholly of rubber, by making the same of sullicient thinness to allow its ready distortion under pressure. The holding plate should be curved from side to side so as to have a concave upper face shaped approxi mately to conform to the shape of the part of the bottle 0 resting thereon. The length or height of the front upright supporting plate should exceed that of the rear upright supporting plate so that, when no downward pressure is applied to the holding-plate, the bottle will assume an inclined position with its mouth uppermost so as to prevent the contents of the bottle escaping by leakage through the nipple.

The bottle may be held in position on the holding plate in any convenient way, one such. way being illustrated in the drawings, in which a cord g is shown passed through holes ff in the front and rear upright supporting members and tied around the lower part of the body of the bottle and around the neck of the bottle adjacent to the body.

The holder may e secured over the chest of the infant or to any support, such as a illow or bedding near the head of the infant. an Fig. 2 the holder is shown secured over the chest of the infant by means of safety pins passed through holes 7b in the base plate. The holder may, however, be secured to its support by other means, for example, by means of a band passed through the holder over the base-plate and thence around the body.

the aid of Fig. 2, the operation of the holder will be readily understood. The front upright supporting member I) normally assumes an extended position, and being of greater height than the rear plate 0, will normally elevate the front of the holding-plate contrastedposition. T tilted so t r ineline we est point, so as to readily withdrawn. As soon as tl e tlie infant naive been satisfied, lie rally r lezse the loott e, lHUTiGQllZLlJQ Will ii the front snpportin member 6 assume its extended position and rot bottle to its original gnoslt lie ling now in deserioe lnventi n, wliet i eleini end desne to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle liolder comprising a, base, two members projeeting' I 1' ll"; therefrom, and a lioldi plate support riglit members, r

to permit tn angle of ineinetio i e tease 2. A sott e nolr er ee 1}) g itery strnetnre inel'rding bot ng part and V tle-noldr a plurality i3 ("rig opposite ends of t. one of said supports 7 neniber adapted to normally t t t e direction but adapted to permit it to lie tilter. in tlie ooposite direction.

3. A bottle holder comprising a base, a holding plate above tlle front and rear iprig'lit members projecting from the base and supporting the holding plate, the front upright member being a normellyeXtended elastic member of lieigllt than the other so as to elevate the corresponding end of the iolding plate above the rear end but being eompressible to permit the front end of tlie holding plate to depressed below the rear nd.

A bottle liolder comprising a bottle nolding plate, a base plate and a plurality of supporting nieinliers eonneeting said plates,

one oi said in oers being relatively rigid and the other GlitStlC.

5. A bottle lder comprising an integral liollow tit-o sided box-shaped structure, one

oif tne sides being ol greater length then the ot adept-ed to bend under contracting eoinpris ing rigid osse, l id up: t ins-1n" er proe end or tne ease, e noldfrom said up normally extended ssii'ile ineni oer projeeting rorrv'era end of the base and eonnesting tlie same with tli front end of the holding plete.

7. Abottle li l front end rear ing plate, in mi elastic and is ad ii risin base plate, ates and a top holdfron' npriglit plate is upon application of f the holding plate, to bend from it normally e tended position to permit tlie ront end of the holding plate to the be e.

in testii'nopy or hereunto s t my 112 Philadelphia, Pa, on tliis 21st (my 0 "pril, 1908.

lLPASS. 

